SIMPLE

PAST TENSE
Is at a specific time in the past when the action ocurre.
It both began and ended in the past.

Examples:

• I watched American Idol last Friday.

• John went to Japan two years ago.

• Cathy ate vegetables yesterday.

VERBS IN SIMPLE PAST
REGULAR VERBS RULES
 IRREGULAR VERBS
CHANGE THE WORD COMPLETELY.
TIME EXPRESSIONS
 AFFIRMATIVE STRUCTURE
SUBJECT + VERB (SIMPLE PAST) + COMPLEMENT

MIKE PAINTED HIS HOUSE YESTERDAY

TOM AND JACK WATCHED A MOVIE YESTERDAY EVENING

 NEGATIVE STRUCTURE

SUBJECT + AUX. DIDN`T + VERB + COMPLEMENT

(INFINITIVE FORM)

MIKE DIDN’T PAINT HIS HOUSE LAST MONTH

TOM AND JACK DIDN’T WATCH A TV SHOW YESTERDAY

 PAST SIMPLE REGULAR VERBS
AFFIRMATIVE SENTECES WORKSHEET
1. Complete the sentences using the correct verb form in brackets in
simple past tense and find them in the letter soup.

a. I ____________________ (help) my mother in the garden yesterday.

b. Peter and Sally __________________ (visit) their aunt last week.
c. Roy __________________ (tidy) his room last Friday.
d. Barbara __________________ (print) a text yesterday night.
e. My brother __________________ (travel) to France last year.
f. They ____________________ (dance) a lot at the party last night.
g. We _____________________ (watch) TV after school last week.
h. Lucy ____________________ (wash) a car 10 years ago.
i. Ashly ____________________ (bake) a cake for her boyfriend.
j. The boys __________________ (play) football last weekend.